Epson has me intrigued. The company best known for printers, projectors, and scanners is working on a mysterious new device that runs the Android OS and is expected to be unveiled at Mobile World Congress in late February.

We have absolutely no idea what Epson has planned, but we were told the device is in a new category and it offer a range of mobile entertainment and viewing options.

I did a quick search of Epson’s site and found this MegaPlex projector that comes with an iPhone dock and integrated speakers, which was the only thing related to mobile entertainment. It doesn’t run a mobile OS, so I don’t think that’s the type of device we are going to see.

What do you think Epson has up their sleeve? Are they working on their own Android tablet? Maybe a mobile device with integrated projector? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Bryan Stoner

Smartphone with a pico projector!

Bryan Stoner

Smartphone with a printer dock?

http://goncalossilva.com goncalossilva

Printer dock with a pico projector? Oh, wait… :p

mr 1338

nope this looks like a full sized beamer!
take a look at the reflection, where you can see the lense ring.
maybe a multi media station / gaming console that doesnt need a TV but comes with its own beamer

A high possibility! I’m sure you’d be able to print from the smartphone not too far from the future.

protozeloz

A projector that can make calls and print

Chris Lewis

no its a printer that can make calles and project.

thechad

no its a caller that can prinject

bruce080

It’s a printer that can project calls

Futureboy

Smart phone with a pico projector makes sense. Sony already has a camcorder with built-in projector on the market that they claim will project a 60″ diagonal. I’m sure you need a seriously dark room, but I love the direction the technology is heading!

Samar

Well Said..Futureboy.

ramenchef

Portable scanner + projector + speakers + dock? I have no idea, haha.

Bryan Stoner

Whoaaa the scanner would be really cool. But CamScanner already works pretty well.

TruFactz

(In the voice of Dave from Storage Hunters) YEEEEP!

stenzor

Oh how I hate that voice

Futureboy

The series is “Storage Wars” on A&E and season one is available for streaming on Netflix. It’s a show about people who buy auctioned storage lockers that have been abandoned or defaulted on payment. Pretty interesting show.

http://clarklab.net Clark Wimberly

Dave is from Storage Wars, YEPPPPPPPPPPP

Toonshorty

Perhaps rather than a dock, it’s a projector that stores all your films and so you can access movies and subscription services (Lovefilm, Netflix) all at the press of a button?

http://androidandme.com Taylor Wimberly

Maybe like a projector that runs Google TV? That’s the best idea I’ve heard yet.

Andy_jr

That’s the first thing I thought of. That would be pretty cool.

Samar

One day, there will only be Androids walkiing on the roads. Then the movies, “The Walking Android”..LOL

http://clarklab.net Clark Wimberly

Oooh a self-contained GTV device would be pretty neat.

http://pixelswim.com Steve Heinrich

That would be awesome! Also, using your phone as a remote for it…

stenzor

Whatever it is, I hope they don’t make me buy more ridiculously overpriced cartridges

Samar

Very true. That’s how HP’s running its printer business to begin with.. :-), i think.

Chris Lynch

Remember the Epson P2000? That is what i’m thinking.
Some sort of USB-host capable device for media storage.

http://goncalossilva.com goncalossilva

From the picture it looks like a gaming device, but I’m betting on a projector-related device as well :)

http://clarklab.net Clark Wimberly

Sorry about that, but the picture is total mockup I just made in Photoshop. It’s not official at all.

stenzor

So Clark works for Epson now, eh? :P

faun

Oh…. might be worth mentioning that in an image caption or in the article – here we are all squinting at it and jumping to conclusions!

Thomas Biard

I would want an Android Printer. You can use the device for a scanner already. A projector sounds fun, but expensive and unobtainable by me…

Jimmy13

A printer with a sweet touchscreen that plays angry birds :P

YellowDucati

Android powered dot matrix printer?

xsynth

Projector with built in GoogleTV?

Bryan Stoner

Like Google TV but as a projector.

BiGMERF

Lord everybody is getting in on Android.. Great for all of its

Futureboy

Have you seen the MOD Live heads-up display for ski goggles? (running Android, of course).
Pretty slick.

Steven Nutt

Now that is starting to look like the future, someone shrink that to normal glasses please ;)

JÃ¶ran SchlÃ¶mer

Sick Gadget. But I don’t really know if it would distract me or not :D

CJ LaFleur

an android powered printer. every electronic device in the world will soon be android powered!

I’m wondering if it will be a small device for wireless printing from SmartPhones/Tablets. After all, most printer companies don’t get you with the price of the hardware, but the cost of ink. So they figure they are losing out on some of that income.

Silver

The first thing that came to mind is a printer that runs AnroidOS so that it could interact with your phone. That means when you just took some awesome pictures with your phone and if you’re within proximity of the printer (or dock it), you can have the printer print out those pictures. However I don’t think you need the printer to run Android to be able to do that…

lxgeorge

Surprise me Epson. Surprise me…

Billy

They can call it the “Epson Mysterious” … may not be long enough though …

Its a multyfunction .scaner+fax+printer+phone+wifi.acces
spoint+blutoth

AceoStar

They’re going to team up with Coinstar/redbox and launch printing Kiosk’s all over the world printable from any mobile device.

humidity

I bet it’ll be a projector with speakers and Android built in! That’d be sweet!

jamal

I like surprises. Hopefully it’s something nice and worth buying.

Nathan D.

wow, this will be interesting to see what they come up with.

blaseb

The first cell phone with a printer!! Mini-Printer * :P

cxandroid

Most likely a scanner/printer specifically designed to integrate with android devices.

Anthropic

I’m sure it will be a phone you need to buy cartridges for that only last a short time and cost almost as much as a new device to replace, and even if they aren’t all used you still have to update them or the phone wont turn on at all.

That’s my expectation. Bastards.

Samar

If that’s what it is then it sucks dude.

zippyioa

Another way to get us to big more Epson printer cartridges ;)

Samar

Am guessing “Something that syncs up with all ur android devices and uses alternate power / does away with cartridges”. But, they definately have to price it cleverly.

Ivan Todorov

A printer with Android :) it’s so not awesome :)

https://plus.google.com/109600738460265587799/posts Lewis McGeary

I’m sure it will turn out to be something boring, but I’ll make a suggestion for something a bit wilder.
A projector with Android built in, with a focus on gaming. Will include a controller and will be an all in one unit easily portable for projecting games, movies and playing music.
Yeah, probably not.

Robert Whittaker

I can see the new advert…

You to can play angry birds whilst waiting for the printing to come out.

Robert Whittaker

Actually it wouldn’t surprise me if they used it for some enterprise Multifunction device. The o/s and screens on the ones in my office are pretty poor.

eliander mendoza

I think this will surely be in a smartphone some day, a “pico projector!” i mean. I think i read something somewhere about microsoft putting a patten something similar to this type of technology or something very similar about your hands interacting with “pico projector!” reflection or something. :D looking forwards

seansin

maybe a pico projector with something like Samsung Smart TV kind of features?

lokidokie

Well it certainly sounds like it’s going to be Pico Projector related. Integrated into a phone? That’d be cool

Jeremiah Akin

If Epson makes it then it will be cheap at first but then you will have to buy some kind of refill pack that will be an arm and a leg.

Michael C.

It would kinda be cute if they had whatever the device is come in 4 colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. :p

PiTTDRoiD

Please…..another print NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

DroidPower

Like many have said, maybe an android phone + super printing on EPSON printers and a projector.

Or, perhaps a great mobile printing app? And then a line of EPSON printers that can work with the app?

Before reading this post, I had no idea EPSON made things other than printers. After digging around a bit, it’s got somewhat of a diversified product line: